ARC Identifier 47097 / Local Identifier 306.307. INDICATES THE INVALUABLE SERVICES RENDERED BY THE U.S. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TO LEGISLATORS, SCHOLARS, SPECIAL LIBRARIES AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES AROUND THE WORLD.
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May 28, 2019 Subject:
Produced by the US Office of War Information - Overseas Branch.
Produced by the US Office of War Information - Overseas Branch. Looks to be not from 1968 but from the 1940s as part of our war propaganda effort.
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A little library silence from 9:50 - 10:24 but soon after there are cameo vocals and music by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee followed by Woody Guthrie doing a cowboy anti-fascist song. Also interesting selections in the card catalogue section: Dos Passos, Garcia-Lorca, and others. Fun for librarians and readers and historians and everyone who'd like to see how the US presented itself during the Second World War. "American's Citadel for the Written Word, an Arsenal in the Battle Against Ignorance..."